December 3, 2007
Antiobiotics no longer needed for most heart murmurs
My dentist just called, waking me from a sound sleep with some good news: as of April 2007, the American Dental Association no longer recommends prophylactic antibiotics for dental work on those with heart murmurs. (Exceptions are some congenital defects - mine is new! - and transplants.) The American Heart Association concurs.
Well darn, [...]

